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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?
(a) "With a moan."
(b) "With a limp."
(c) "Like a date."
(d) "Like a bee."

2. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," when the speaker says that "Maps are ghosts," what technique is being used?
(a) Simile.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Synesthesia.

3. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?
(a) Melons.
(b) Apples.
(c) Figs.
(d) Pomegranates.

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?
(a) The Mojave gods who created humans.
(b) Prometheus and Hecatonchire.
(c) The speaker and the beloved.
(d) The speaker's hands.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) Fabric.
(b) Wind.
(c) A headache.
(d) A traffic accident.

6. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?
(a) A bull.
(b) A lion.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A coyote.

7. On page 1 of "Postcolonial Love Poem," what technique is used in the lines, "The seeds sleep like geodes beneath hot feldspar sand"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Metonymy.

8. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?
(a) My cabbage.
(b) My snail.
(c) My peanut.
(d) My rabbit.

9. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?
(a) Both the speaker's existence and struggles result from the wars of colonial conquest.
(b) The speaker's parents had a difficult relationship, and she inherited their argumentative tendencies.
(c) Romantic relationships represent both a beginning and an end.
(d) Diaz is a pacifist who objects to war of any kind.

10. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Thunderstruck."
(b) "Highway to Hell."
(c) "Back in Black."
(d) "Shot in the Dark."

11. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Symbolism.

12. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?
(a) Unripe, I want it unripe.
(b) Unripe, I love things unripe.
(c) Green, I love the green.
(d) Green, I want you green.

13. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?
(a) A palace.
(b) A garden.
(c) A desert.
(d) A maze.

14. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?
(a) "Thread."
(b) "Holy."
(c) "Map."
(d) "Jet."

15. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?
(a) He gets more involved with his job and adult responsibilities.
(b) He develops a substance use disorder.
(c) He develops a chronic injury.
(d) He starts spending more time with his girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wolf OR-7," what technique is being employed in the page 33 line, "My mind climbed the rise, fall, rise of your bared back"?

2. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

3. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?

4. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?

5. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?

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